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Ships carrying break-bulk cargo are often called general cargo ships. Break-bulk/general cargo consists of goods transported, stowed and handled piecemeal to some degree, typically bundled somehow in unit loads for hoisting, either with cargo nets, slings, or crates, or stacked on trays, pallets or skids. [4]
General cargo vessels carry packaged items like chemicals, foods, furniture, machinery, motor-and military vehicles, footwear, garments, etc. Container ships (sometimes spelled containerships) are cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.
A total of 75 ships were built with C3 hulls and engines, but not built as cargo ships. During World War II , many C3 ships were converted to naval uses, particularly as Bogue -class escort carriers , and as Windsor -class and Bayfield -class attack transports , Klondike -class destroyer tenders , submarine tenders , and seaplane tenders .
The Type C4-class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM.
Tweendeckers are general cargo ships with two or sometimes three decks. The upper deck is called the main deck or weather deck, and the next lower deck is the tweendeck. Cargo such as bales, bags, or drums can be stacked in the tweendeck space, atop the tweendeck. Beneath the tweendeck is the hold space, used for general cargo.
MV Verity was a British cargo ship built in 2001 under the name Estime.She was renamed to Union Mercury in 2004, Veqxui in 2008 and finally Verity in 2017. [1] She had a typical general cargo ship design, though she was strengthened for heavy cargo up to 15 tonnes per square metre (1.4 long ton/sq ft).
MV Gary I. Gordon, formerly USNS Gordon (T-AKR-296), is a Gordon-class roll on roll off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy.She was originally built as a merchant vessel, acquired and converted by the Navy, and was assigned to the United States Department of Defense's Military Sealift Command. [1]
Ship Owners Dry Dock Company 1890 1,540 Sank on May 4, 1905 H Lee. White United States Grand River Navigation 1974 14,449 In operation Hydrus United States Interlake Steamship Company: 1903 4,713 Formerly R.E. Schuck Sank in the Great Lakes Storm of 1913: Indiana Harbor United States American Steamship Company 1979 35,923 In operation Isaac M ...